Dirigible headlight.



L. C. & B. H. THOEMING & E. A. ANDERSON. DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7,1912. 1,041,902, Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

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THOEMING, A331) EDW'ZIT ANDERSON, O1

NEH "CASTLE, WYOMING.

DIRIGIBLE HEABLTGI-IT.

Application filed Ma 7,

Specification of Letters Patent.

all whom it may concern:

Be it Ina-own that we, Louis C. Tnonatrns, BENJAMIN l Tnontrrzvc, and EDWIN .ii'onnsoz-z, c1 Zens of the United States, re-

ilillg at Newcastle, in the county or" W'es ton and State of Viyoming, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dirigible Headlights, of which the following is a specification.

Cuir invention relates to improvements in dirigible' headlights and is designed especially for use in connection with auto-vehicles.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of mechanism, actuated from-the steering mechanism of an auto-vehicle, by means of which the head-lights of the vehicle are caused to continually shine in the direction of travel of the moving vehicle, in order to light way. further object is the provision or" mechwhich is simple in construction and r ration, that may be applied with facility, a will prove durable and eficient 1n series.

in the accompanying drawings we have illustrated one example of the physical embodiment of our invention constructed according to the best mode we have so far devised for the practical application of the principles, and which has provcn highly satisfactory in actual use.

Figure 1 illustrates so much of an automobile, with our invention applied thereto, as is necessary to a clear understanding of its construction. Fig. 2 is a View of the ee -light moving mechanism, and a portion of an automobile frame. Fig. 3 1s a sectional viewshowing the standard of one of the lamp brackets. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of a connecting rod end, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of a clamp sleeve attached to the steering post or" the vehicle. Fig. 6 shows a modified form of connection between the steering post and draw bar.

In the preferred embodiment as exemplitied in the drawings, the headlights 1, 1, are directly supported from the. frame 2, by means of the usual forked brackets 3, and their standards, which, as clearly seen in Fig. 3, com ise twosections l and 5. The lower sect of the standards is provided with a foot c vfiilcll is attached. by screws,

standard sections at, and 5 may be made of special design for new cars, or the standards or"? an old bracket may be separated into two parts and threaded, as at 7 and 8. Between the threaded ends 7 and 8 of the sections are interposed twocoupl'ing members 9 and 10, the former being rotatable in the latter The coupling member 9 is provided with a stem member 10, and an antifriction ball 13 is interposed between the parts for a bearing." A set screw 14 which engages the annular groove 15 on the stem llprevents with-.

screw 16 prevents disconnection of the sectlon 4 fromthe rotatable head 9. The couplmg members Q'and 1.0 are duplicated, one

being in turn pivotally connected by the cross rod 18. From this construction it will be understood that the tWo lamps or head lights are synchronously ball bearing 13.

To accomplish the synchronous movement of the lamps, the rotatable head 9 is connected to a car equipment, and as herein exemplified the steering post 19 is utilized for this purpose. The post and head 9 are connected by a rod 20, through the medium of an armv2l pro jectin-g from the head 9 at right angles to the arm 17. To transfer the rotary move-. ment of the steering post to a reciprocator'y movement of the rod 20 we provide a swivel joint between these parts, and to this end the rod 20' is formed with a socket 22 to receive the ball 23 of the bracket 24- which latter is an extension of the clamp sleeve 25. The sleeve 25 is clamped in adjusted posi-. tion on the steering post 19, and the joint may be made by removal and replacement of the socket plate 26 as will be readily understood.

The operation of the mechanism is evident and an extended description is believed to be unnecessary, except to say that the ro-' tary movement of the steering post is transferred by rcciprocatory motion of the rod 20 to synchronously swing the head lights through their connecting bar 18.

each upon its anti-friction swiveled, and connected to rotate movable or moving part of the.

bolts or other means, to the frame 2. These 11 which projects into the socket 12 of the drawal of the stem from its socket, and a set at each side of the car, and each head 9 is i provided with a threaded arm l7,'the arms Q lmwo The construction shown in Fig. '6 is a a groove in the skew somw em -aw modified form of actuating the' draw bar or said groove to hols, he two s-eotions rod from the steering post to the head lights." separation. I

' \Haying thus fully described our invention In testimony whereof We our signa- {n.what we claim as new ant desire to secure turos in prosonoo of (mo witnesses.

by Letters Patent is:- o o m M (1. In a drigible head light moohanism, gfihe 'combmatlon of a standard havmg a, sectlon E formed with a socket and fixed upon a post, I 10 a. second section having a complementary Witnesses:

stem rotatable in the socket, an anti-friction W. H. 603E555, ball between $31111 members, an annular-'1 CHAS,

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